Thank you, My Points for my free gift cards

I really enjoy a nice dinner out at a non-buffet restaurant. George, on the other hand loves buffets. He is always worried that he won't get enough to eat or his money's worth if we go to a restaurant that's not a buffet so we usually end up at a buffet. One way I can convince him to go to a nicer place is if it's free. What man doesn't like free?


Pictured above is over $300 worth of free restaurant gift cards. We will be using those Darden cards for my favorite restaurant, Red Lobster. Last month I cashed in the points I earned with various online companies (the best one being My Points) for gift cards. This is something I do every year. Now we've got enough for a few nice dinners out this year for the two of us and to treat my family to a special meal out. The really nice thing about earning all these points and then cashing them in for gift cards, it that it allows us to do a little something special that's not really in our budget.


If you want more info on what programs I get my free gift cards from, you can read this post.

This post is linked to Frugal Friday.